Record Number: 34212
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
I am just re-reading Gertrude Bell's 'Syria', and comparing her route with ours. She however, travelled with three baggage mules, two tents, and three servants: so I consider we were the more adventurous. She also says that the water in the Jebel Druse is 'undrinkable by European standards', so I suppose our standard cannot be European: or perhaps an Italian education has hardened us.
Century:1900-1945
Date:6 Jan 1929
Country:Canada
Timen/a
Place:city: Creston
county: Kootenay, British Columbia
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:31 Jan 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Explorer and travel writer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Canada
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Desert and the Sown: Travels in Palestine and Syria
Genre:Geography / Travel
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Heinemann, 1907 (reprinted 1919)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:34212
Source:Freya Stark
Editor:n/a
Title:Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1951
Vol:n/a
Page:41
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Freya Stark, Beyond Euphrates: Autobiography 1928-1933, (London, 1951), p. 41, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=34212, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Dame Freya Madeline Stark (31 January 1893 - 9 May 1993) was a British explorer and travel writer. Stark re-read Gertrude Bell together with the Arabian Nights, in her father's house in Creston (BC) Canada.
